musicZone Search

If you are worried about the browser extension named musicZone Search, you have probably installed it by accident and want to remove it from the browser. Another possible scenario is that a questionable pop-up advertisement promoting musicZone Search has been delivered to your screen, and you are confused whether to install this extension or not. Our researchers’ verdict on the category of the application is potentially unwanted program (PUP), which should already signal that there is something unreliable or questionable about this browser application.

The musicZone Search extension is a search tool for Chrome users that are interested in accessing music albums, songs, and videos at no charge. The extension offers quick and unlimited access to music-related content, but you should bear in mind that the freeware programs enabling you to access copyrighted data do not own the rights to the content you are offered.

Upon installation, musicZone Search adds its icon next to the search box for your quick access to its search tool. The same practice is used by the almost identical application videoZone Search, which, as you may guess, offers free access to video clips and movies. The two applications are managed by TheAppJunkies, which also offers other browser applications, such as moviesJunkie Search and FilmsJunkie Search. All these browser extensions are promoted on the official website theappjunkie.com, but the download buttons of the extensions redirect potential clients to the Chrome Web Store page.

Chrome Web Store seeks to filter software so that the end user gets only reputable applications; however, in reality some flaws in software filter can occur, so you should not trust every single application available on the Chrome software page.

Once on the computer, not only does the musicZone Search enables you to access the content of your interests, it may also change the browser settings so that you search terms are retrieved from the Yahoo! Search before redirecting the search term through a malicious server. The search results displayed to your screen may contain some links added to you by someone behind musicZone Search or the ill-purpose server, whose function may be to serve you with paid links to unreliable websites. The changes made to the default search provider setting is one of the reason why you should remove this PUP from your computer. If you like the service of the Yahoo! Search, you can use it without the help of musicZone Search.

The musicZone Search may also be collecting some information that would be used for marketing and product enhancement. Such information is non-personally identifiable, which means that the application does not affect your files or get access to your valuable data; but it can record your search terms, clicks related to the musicZone Search, search results viewed, etc. Even though non-personally identifiable information does not enable software developers to make highly specific conclusions about the user, and though such information is very often gathered by reputable applications, it is worth considering the very fact whether you can trust the application that accessed your OS without a user-friendly warning clearly pointing out what specific changes will be implemented.

In addition to the browser extension musicZone Search, there are several other programs, or rather sources, promoting similar, almost identical applications. The odds are that some more programs extremely similar in performance will be detected in the near future. For example, the website njoyapps.com has also offered similar applications the download buttons of which redirect visitors to the Chrome store.

The Even though such programs are not computer infections, certain security software programs can identify them as unreliable. If you do not remember installing musicZone Search, you have probably obtained that alongside some other program and paid no attention to the terms displayed on the screen during the installation process. If you have tried this tool or have no intention of using it, we recommend that you remove it from the computer. If you are considering whether to start using it, think whether you would like to get purposely modified search results and be monitored by unreliable third parties.

The removal of musicZone Search does not require much technical knowledge because it is enough to remove the browser extension after accessing it through the browser. You can do so with the help of the removal guide given below, but our advice is that you also implement a reputable security tool that can identify and remove potentially unwanted programs and foil the hacker’s attempt to access your PC.